Just because you are an architect and make decent buildings does not mean that you can suddenly become a set designer for… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
We live and work in boxes. People don't even notice that. Most of what's around us is banal. We live with it.… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
In the art world Robert Rauschenberg had been combining common materials that people thought was art and beautiful, and it was. If… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultures build iconic… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I am obsessed with architecture. It is true, I am restless, trying to find myself as an architect and how best to… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
The culture of France is unique because it's a culture that has a high priority on the arts, more than any other… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
You never build the perfect building. Only Allah is perfect. Life is such. You make decisions on conclusions, then some guy invents… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I am just relating to the world we live in. I see some order in it, even though it looks like mush. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place and it works over the generations… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Generally in our world, whether in architecture or almost anywhere else, we devalue the artist, and schools at whatever level shut people… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I'm of two minds about doing any interviews these days. It seems a lot of the world is out to play gotcha… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Everything - design and technology and materials - has changed since the World Trade Center was built. A lot of it has… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I've been told I have the biggest ego in the world and that it manifests itself when you come to me and… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
People say, "This is the world the way it is, and don't bother me." Then when somebody does something different, real architecture,… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I think my attitudes about the past are very traditional. You can't ignore history; you can't escape it even if you want to. You… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
In Tokyo, London or Los Angeles people go into McDonald's and the restaurants are identical and people are comfortable. It's unthreatening. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by a lot of stuff. I always was interested in sculpture and painting and music and literature and all those things. There's… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
People live and work in uninspiring environments, but look inside those rooms. Look at the painted walls and the decorations. People rebel even in… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Ideas exist in the marketplace; they are thrown out for everyone to use. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I used to read more when I was a kid than I do now. It was all sort of fuel for the fire to… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I found myself starting architecture with a deep social, Jewish, liberal conscience, and the belief that architecture is for the people. It was a… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
